1997 Richmond Braves Statistics
Team Record: 70-72
Finished 4th in the IL's West Division
Manager: Bill Dancy (70-72)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: The Diamond
Attendance: 512,727, Avg. 7,540 in 68 home dates
The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1997 season with a record of 70 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Braves scored 680 runs and allowed 671 runs. Damon Hollins led Richmond with 20 home runs, while Brad Tyler walloped 15 or more, too. Randall Simon drove in 102 runs. Tommy Gregg paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .332. Chris Brock topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.35 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Pablo Martínez, Mike Cather, Larry Luebbers, Tom Thobe, Ed Giovanola, Dean Hartgraves, Mike Dyer, Brad Woodall, Kevin Rogers, Randall Simon, Danny Bautista, Tommy Gregg, Marty Malloy, Joe Ayrault, Kerry Ligtenberg, Wes Helms, Bob Smith, Paul Byrd, Joe Borowski, Damon Hollins, Brad Clontz, Tim Spehr, Scott Brow, Chad Fox, Chris Brock, Carl Schutz, Mike Mordecai, Kevin Millwood and Dave Valle were all players from the 1997 Richmond Braves who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Bill Dancy served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Brock | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.34 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.7 | 97 | 50 | 44 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 497 |
| Tommy Harrison | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.20 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122.0 | 118 | 64 | 57 | 21 | 40 | 2 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 519 |
| Brad Woodall | 8 | 11 | .421 | 5.51 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 148.7 | 177 | 100 | 91 | 19 | 52 | 1 | 117 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 659 |
| Kevin Millwood | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.93 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.7 | 38 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 232 |
| Dean Hartgraves | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.48 | 50 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72.3 | 76 | 38 | 36 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 324 |
| Tom Thobe | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.14 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.7 | 70 | 37 | 33 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 297 |
| Scott Brow | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.45 | 61 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 83.0 | 89 | 48 | 41 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 369 |
| Ken Carlyle | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.84 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69.7 | 69 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 284 |
| Carl Schutz | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.33 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.3 | 83 | 56 | 47 | 12 | 51 | 2 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 366 |
| Larry Luebbers | 3 | 14 | .176 | 5.38 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 180 | 101 | 86 | 20 | 44 | 2 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 634 |
| Paul Byrd | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| Mike Dyer | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.87 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.7 | 42 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 183 |
| Chad Fox | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.70 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 105 |
| Bryan Rogers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.17 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 45 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 178 |
| Joe Borowski | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.58 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.7 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 159 |
| Mike Hostetler | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.43 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 33 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 |
| Brad Clontz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | |
| Mike Cather | 0 | 0 | 1.73 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26.0 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |
| Raul Rodarte | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Kevin Rogers | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.36 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| Kerry Ligtenberg | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.32 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 94 |
| Totals | 70 | 72 | .493 | 4.33 | 423 | 142 | 136 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 1234.0 | 1252 | 671 | 594 | 143 | 470 | 20 | 922 | 24 | 2 | 59 | 5302 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randall Simon | 133 | 542 | 519 | 62 | 160 | 45 | 1 | 14 | 102 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 76 | .308 | .335 | .480 | .814 | 249 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Damon Hollins | 134 | 553 | 498 | 73 | 132 | 31 | 3 | 20 | 63 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 84 | .265 | .329 | .460 | .789 | 229 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Tommy Gregg | 115 | 435 | 385 | 52 | 128 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 64 | .332 | .402 | .501 | .904 | 193 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Marty Malloy | 108 | 461 | 414 | 66 | 118 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 41 | 61 | .285 | .351 | .370 | .720 | 153 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Giovanola | 116 | 478 | 395 | 65 | 115 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 56 | .291 | .385 | .390 | .775 | 154 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| T. R. Lewis | 117 | 413 | 363 | 65 | 107 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 71 | .295 | .362 | .435 | .797 | 158 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Brad Tyler | 129 | 451 | 383 | 69 | 101 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 77 | 13 | 6 | 55 | 110 | .264 | .355 | .496 | .851 | 190 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Bob Smith | 100 | 411 | 357 | 47 | 88 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 109 | .246 | .340 | .387 | .726 | 138 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Pablo Martínez | 96 | 332 | 296 | 32 | 76 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 77 | .257 | .315 | .351 | .666 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Fausto Tejero | 76 | 256 | 225 | 31 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 41 | .231 | .311 | .360 | .671 | 81 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Danny Bautista | 46 | 193 | 170 | 28 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 30 | .282 | .356 | .412 | .768 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Mordecai | 31 | 135 | 122 | 23 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .311 | .361 | .467 | .828 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Raul Rodarte | 41 | 106 | 95 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 22 | .242 | .321 | .284 | .605 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Spehr | 36 | 135 | 120 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 37 | .192 | .267 | .308 | .575 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Wes Helms | 32 | 126 | 110 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 34 | .191 | .286 | .309 | .595 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Ayrault | 18 | 61 | 56 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .286 | .333 | .482 | .815 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Toth | 14 | 50 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .196 | .260 | .261 | .521 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Valle | 12 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .211 | .225 | .211 | .436 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Millwood | 9 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .385 | .429 | .769 | 1.198 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Luebbers | 27 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Brock | 21 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .148 | .148 | .185 | .333 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Woodall | 28 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .250 | .393 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Harrison | 22 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Carlyle | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Schutz | 27 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Hartgraves | 50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Borowski | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Fox | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Thobe | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Dyer | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Brow | 61 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Byrd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Cather | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hostetler | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1718 | 5342 | 4735 | 680 | 1284 | 266 | 36 | 110 | 625 | 70 | 50 | 472 | 963 | .271 | .340 | .412 | .752 | 1952 | 114 | 38 | 60 | 37 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randall Simon | 1B | 127 | 1063 | 72 | 14 | 115 | .988 | 8.937 | ||||
| Tommy Gregg | 1B | 20 | 148 | 9 | 1 | 15 | .994 | 7.850 | ||||
| Marty Malloy | 2B | 101 | 195 | 278 | 12 | 67 | .975 | 4.683 | ||||
| Pablo Martínez | 2B | 30 | 62 | 78 | 2 | 20 | .986 | 4.667 | ||||
| Mike Mordecai | 2B | 11 | 21 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 5.091 | ||||
| Brad Tyler | 2B | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | ||||
| Ed Giovanola | 3B | 79 | 51 | 148 | 9 | 21 | .957 | 2.519 | ||||
| Wes Helms | 3B | 32 | 18 | 65 | 9 | 5 | .902 | 2.594 | ||||
| Pablo Martínez | 3B | 28 | 13 | 52 | 7 | 5 | .903 | 2.321 | ||||
| Mike Mordecai | 3B | 11 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Fausto Tejero | C | 75 | 471 | 49 | 10 | 9 | .981 | 6.933 | 2 | 65 | 31 | 32.3 |
| Tim Spehr | C | 35 | 262 | 36 | 5 | 1 | .983 | 8.514 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 34.0 |
| Joe Ayrault | C | 18 | 83 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 5.000 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 8.8 |
| Dave Toth | C | 13 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 5.692 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11.1 |
| Dave Valle | C | 12 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 6.000 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 27.3 |
| Damon Hollins | CF | 133 | .000 | |||||||||
| T. R. Lewis | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brad Tyler | LF | 101 | .000 | |||||||||
| T. R. Lewis | LF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Gregg | LF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raul Rodarte | LF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Giovanola | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Bautista | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Damon Hollins | OF | 133 | 319 | 14 | 8 | 2 | .977 | 2.504 | ||||
| Brad Tyler | OF | 109 | 170 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .967 | 1.624 | ||||
| T. R. Lewis | OF | 100 | 179 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 1.850 | ||||
| Tommy Gregg | OF | 52 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .988 | 1.635 | ||||
| Danny Bautista | OF | 42 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.571 | ||||
| Raul Rodarte | OF | 19 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.316 | ||||
| Ed Giovanola | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Scott Brow | P | 61 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .344 | ||||
| Dean Hartgraves | P | 50 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .260 | ||||
| Mike Dyer | P | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .241 | ||||
| Carl Schutz | P | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .259 | ||||
| Larry Luebbers | P | 27 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.037 | ||||
| Brad Woodall | P | 26 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 0 | .923 | 1.385 | ||||
| Tommy Harrison | P | 22 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Bryan Rogers | P | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Joe Borowski | P | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .190 | ||||
| Chris Brock | P | 20 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .892 | 1.650 | ||||
| Tom Thobe | P | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brad Clontz | P | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Ken Carlyle | P | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .688 | ||||
| Kerry Ligtenberg | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Chad Fox | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .385 | ||||
| Mike Cather | P | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Kevin Rogers | P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .100 | ||||
| Kevin Millwood | P | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Mike Hostetler | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Paul Byrd | P | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Raul Rodarte | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| T. R. Lewis | RF | 68 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Bautista | RF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Gregg | RF | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brad Tyler | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raul Rodarte | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Smith | SS | 98 | 161 | 297 | 23 | 59 | .952 | 4.673 | ||||
| Ed Giovanola | SS | 25 | 28 | 79 | 7 | 13 | .939 | 4.280 | ||||
| Pablo Martínez | SS | 22 | 30 | 48 | 2 | 11 | .975 | 3.545 | ||||
| Mike Mordecai | SS | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| Totals | 2098 | 3702 | 1509 | 138 | 373 | .974 | 2.484 | 9 | 143 | 54 | 27.4 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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